Re: gEDA-user: [RFC 6/6] Generation of log files

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 16:10 +0000, Peter TB Brett wrote:
> On Saturday 17 January 2009 16:05:31 Ales Hvezda wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > >The general consensus so far seems to be to carry on generating log files
> > > b= y=20
> > >default, but to put them in some central location. What to call them
> > > and=20 where exactly that location should be ($HOME/.gEDA/logs?
> > > $TMPDIR/gEDA?=20 Somewhere else?) seems to be up for debate.
> >
> > 	That's fine, as long as you solve the contention problem in
> > a portable and robust fashion.
> >
> > For simplicity sake I'm okay with the log files going into $TMP/gEDA/logs
> > with the pid in the filenamme.  This should probably be configurable
> > (so those who like the log files in the project dir can stay happy),
> > with the new location behavior being the default.  You could also move
> > the undo files into $TMP/gEDA/undo etc...
> 
> I'm actually okay with leaving the backup & undo files where they are. No-one 
> seems to complain about Emacs keeping its backup/undo files in the same 
> directory as the file being edited. Doing this has the added advantage that 
> if gschem crashes, and then someone tries to open the schematic as another 
> user/from another machine, they will receive the "do you want to recover" 
> dialog.

We need to fix the security implications of making known named files in
$TMPDIR, and with that I'd suggest that we used a subdir (per process
perhaps?). I can't find anything in my /tmp for gschem undo files after
I've been working with gschem for a while.

On the logs issue... Not a fan of them as they currently are - with
gschem being the most likely contender to drop one where I don't want it
- such as on my Desktop after I've opened some file I've temporarily
stashed there after saving it out of an email.


-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
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Cambridge
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